Draft and dust guard for cars



(No Model.)

B. B. JONES. DRAFT AND DUST GUARD FOR CARS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDMUND B. JONES, OF LEETSDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRAFT AND DUST GUARD FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,382, datedSeptember 27,1892.

Application filed March 25, 1892- Serial No. 426,431. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND B. J ONES, a resident of Leetsdale, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Draft and Dust Guards for Cars; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to draft and dust guards for cars.

It is well known that in the ordinary passenger-cars, where the seatsare arranged on two sides of the car, extending from the side wallstoward the center aisle, in case a window is open the draft from thesame generally passes the part-y occupying that particular seat andstrikesupon the party in the seat back of the same, and while the draftmay be pleasant to the party occupying the seat, and he therefore opensthe window, it is generally exceedingly unpleasant to the occupant ofthe rear seat, who receives the full force of the same, together withthe dust and dirt carried in by the draft. In the ordinary daycoach thiscannot well be prevented by regulations as to the opening of thewindows, and therefore a guard to prevent the draft and dust fromstriking the occupant of the rear seat is very desirable, and such guardis pro vided by the present invention.

To these ends my invention consists, gen erally stated, in combiningwith the car body and seat a movable guard or curtain adapted to extendfrom the car-body over to the seatback, and so cut off draft from theadjacent window, such guard being formed of a curtain mounted upon avertical reel, which can be drawn out and secured to the seat-back, andso form the guard between the seats.

It also consists in certain other improvements, which will behereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the same more fully, referring to the accompany ing drawings,in which- Figure l is a side view of the guard, showing the same closed.Fig. 2 is a like view showing the same opened and secured to theseat-back. Fig. 3 is a face view showing the preferred position of theguard to the carseats. Fig. 4. is an enlarged view showing the lowerpart of the guard and its bracket. Fig. 5 is a like view showing theupper part thereof, and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing thespringconnecting device.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each. i

I have illustrated my invention where the guard is formed of a curtain,as that is the most simple and practical form thereof. It is to beunderstood, however, that my invention includes any suitable form ofmovable guard adapted to extend from the oar-body over the seat-back andout OK draft, and at the same time may be formed of slats having, forexample, a fan-shaped construction or like device which will subservethe purpose intended.

In the guard illustrated in the drawings the car-body is shown at A, theseat at B, and, if desired, the two seat-backs can be brought adj acentto the draft-guard, according to the inclination of the persons intraveling. The guard shown consists of a triangular curtain O, securedto a rod or tube 0, mounted in the brackets d and e. The brackets d ande are secured to the car-body and extend out therefrom, and the tube orbar 0 is mounted in the same, so that the curtain may be wrapped aroundthe tube or roller 0, and the curtain is guided in its movement by therod g, connecting the outer ends of the brackets (Z c and securedthereto by suitable means, while extending up from the bracket d is theguidebar e, and the curtain 0 passes out between the rod g and theguide-bar 6 when it is drawn out to be secured to the seat-back. As thecurtain is triangular in shape, such a short rod extending up from thelower bracket fulfills all the necessities for any guide and at the sametime holds the outer end of the curtain, with its ring c, in position tobe grasped and to draw out the curtain. On the back of the seat is thebutton I), which is placed in suitable position to hold the ring 0, andso retain the curtain in its extended position. As it is desirable thatthe curtain shall be wrapped up automatically, I employ a springrollerfor the purpose, either connecting the tube It to the upper end of theroller 0 and supporting the upper end of said tube in the bracket f, thetube containing the spring is, which turns the roller, as in Figs. 1 and2, or

' employed.

forming the tube 0 of sufficient diameter to receive the spring is, asshown in Fig. 3. In either case any suitable form of spring mechanismfor turning the roller 0 may be employed, such as the ordinarycurtain-spring of any desirable form, and particular description doesnot seem necessary, the only necessary point of construction being thatthe parts shall be properly held, so thatthe spring may roll up thecurtain when it is released from the button b. Any suitable means forholding the spring after it is wound up andlocking the curtain at anyposition desired may of course be employed, if found necessary, suchmechanism being illustrated in Fig. 6 and being old in the. art. Where aseparate tube 72. for holdingthe spring mechanism is" employed, as inFigs. 1 and 2-, the tube; can be connected to the rollerc byany suitablecoupling, that shown being" a socket and pin with a set-screw. Anysuitable means for securing the curtain to the roller may also be Whenthe draft and dust guardsuch as above described is in use, in case a'window in trontofanyseat is open and the occupant desires to protecthimself from the draft I so passing through the car and; from the dustentering the car all that is ne'c'ess'ary is for him to grasp the ringat and draw out the cur: tain, so unwinding it from the roller 0, andsecure the ring upon the button b. In that caseanydraft or dust enteringthrough the windowwillstrike against the curtain and be deflected towardthe middle of the'can'sothat it w I not strikeagainst the persons of theode ants'fof the seat behind the windowyand e -gyms disagreeableness oftraveling into feque'nce of sitting behind such open windows and thecolds often consequent thereto will be prevented. When the window isclos'edand the draft-guard no longer needed, it is only necessary tofree the ring from the button, when the spring will wind up the curtainupon its roller, where it is retained until again needed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the car body and seat, a movable draft-guardformed of a vertical roller mounted in brackets in the carbody, acurtain mounted on such 7 roller, a gni'de bar extending between saidbrackets, and a guide-bar extending up from the lower bracket and freeat its upper end, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the car body and seat,a movable draftguard'formed of a roller mounted in brackets secured to the car-body,acurtainmounted on said roller, a tube secured to the upper end ofsuohroller andsup ported at its upper end in a bracket, and a spring forrotating said tube. inclosed therein, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. In combination with a car body and seat, a movable draft-guard formedof a vertical spring-operated roller mounted on the" carbody andga;triangular-shaped curtain mounted on said roller and having acat'ch atits outer endan'd a button or catch uponthe carseat to receive the same,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. e

In testimony whereof I, the said EDMUND B. J ONES, have hereunto set myhand.

EDMUND l3. JONES;

Witnesses:

J. N. Coon-r2, Boer. D. TOTTEN.

